Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MIST, n. [Sax. mist; D. mist; L. mixtus, mistus, from misceo, to mix.]

1. Water falling in very numerous, but fine and almost imperceptible drops. A mist is a multitude of small but solid globules, which therefore descend. Grew.
2. That which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision. His passion cast a mist before his sense. Dryden.